Patents by Inventor Yujiro TATSUMI

Yujiro TATSUMI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230356282
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-formed product includes a heating step, a transportation step, and a pressing step. At the heating step, workpieces are heated while a first workpiece W1 is placed on a first group of struts 3 extending upward from a tray body 2, and a second workpiece W2 is placed on a second group of struts 3 to be located above the first workpiece W1 and overlap it. At the transportation step, the second workpiece W2, while located above the first workpiece W1 and overlapping it, is transported, together with the tray body 2, from the heating device 14 to the lifting location. At the lifting location, the second workpiece W2 is lifted upward by the transportation device 46 and the first workpiece W1 is lifted by the transportation device 46 before they are transported to their respective pressing locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiya SUZUKI, Naruhiko NOMURA, Koichi HAMADA, Yujiro TATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20230356283
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-formed product includes: a heating step; a transportation step; and a pressing step. The transportation step includes: using claws of a pair of first arms to support the lower surface, at both ends, of a first heated workpiece and lift the workpiece; using claws of a pair of second arms to support the lower surface, at both ends, of a second heated workpiece and lift the workpiece; transporting the first heated workpiece with the lower surface supported, at both ends, by the claws of the pair of first arms and the second heated workpiece with the lower surface supported, at both ends, by the claws of the pair of second arms, where the first and second heated workpieces overlap each other in the direction normal to the sheet surfaces; driving the pair of first arms to lower the first heated workpiece to a pressing location on a press machine; and driving the pair of second arms to lower the second heated workpiece to a pressing location on the press machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiya SUZUKI, Naruhiko NOMURA, Koichi HAMADA, Yujiro TATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20230330735
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-formed product includes a heating step, a transportation step, and a pressing step. At the heating step, a sheet-shaped heat storage member 5 and a sheet-shaped workpiece W1 placed above the heat storage member 5 are heated by a heating device 14 while overlapping in the direction normal to the sheet surfaces of the workpiece W1. At a first transportation sub-step, the heat storage member 5 and the workpiece W1 placed above the heat storage member 5 are transported from the heating device 14 to a lifting location while overlapping in the direction normal to the sheet surfaces of the workpiece W1. At a second transportation sub-step, the workpiece W1 placed above the heat storage member 5, when at the lifting location, is lifted upward by a transportation device 46 and transported to a pressing location on a press machine 20. At the pressing step, the workpiece W1 is processed by the press machine 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Toshiya SUZUKI, Naruhiko NOMURA, Koichi HAMADA, Yujiro TATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20210262075
    Abstract: This steel sheet has a base steel sheet, a coated portion, and an exposed portion, the shape of the end edge side of the steel sheet and the end portion on the outer side of the base steel sheet is a protruded curve represented by a curvature radius R1 and R1 is 5 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori YASUYAMA, Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Yujiro TATSUMI, Yuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi FUKUCHI, Shintaro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210222804
    Abstract: This steel sheet includes a first coated portion in which an intermetallic compound layer and an aluminum coating layer are provided on a surface of a base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet side, a first exposed portion in which the base steel sheet is exposed, and a second coated portion in which the intermetallic compound layer and the aluminum coating layer are provided on the surface of the base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet side, in which in a first direction which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the steel sheet and is directed from the first coated portion to one end edge of the steel sheet, the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, the second coated portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on one surface of the base steel sheet, at least the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on the other surface of the base steel sheet in the first direction,
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Masanori YASUYAMA, Yujiro TATSUMI, Hiroshi FUKUCHI, Shintaro KOBAYASHI, Soshi FUJITA, Tasuku ZENIYA, Yuki SUZUKI, Yoshinari ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11065705
    Abstract: A welding method for obtaining a lap fillet welded joint excellent in tensile strength, without causing an increase in welding deformation, not fracturing at the weld metal when a tensile load is applied, that is, a method of overlaying at least scheduled welding locations of a first steel sheet with a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and a second steel sheet and fillet welding an end part of the first steel sheet and a surface of the second steel sheet, characterized by providing a reinforcing part at a surface of the first steel sheet at the opposite side to the surface to be overlaid with the second steel sheet and fillet welding one end part of the reinforcing material and the surface of the first steel sheet and by fillet welding the end part of the reinforcing part, the end part of the first steel sheet, and the surface of the second steel sheet so as to be covered by the weld metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro Tatsumi, Yasunobu Miyazaki, Shinji Kodama
  • Patent number: 10786873
    Abstract: A fillet arc welded joint formed by fillet arc welding at least two metal members, comprising a remelted and solidified portion obtained by irradiating a laser at a weld toe portion of the fillet arc welding of at least one metal member and a region including a boundary of the heat affected zone caused by the fillet arc welding at the surface of that metal member, the remelted and solidified portion being a range from a surface of the metal member to a depth of ½ or less of the thickness of that metal member, an average effective crystal grain diameter of prior austenite at a heat affected zone from a boundary of the remelted and solidified portion at the surface of the metal member to a depth of 0.1 mm in the thickness direction of the metal member being 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Kodama, Yujiro Tatsumi, Shoko Oami, Yasuaki Naito
  • Publication number: 20200271247
    Abstract: This steel sheet includes a first coated portion in which an intermetallic compound layer and an aluminum coating layer are provided on a surface of a base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet, the first exposed portion in which the base steel sheet is exposed, and a second coated portion in which the intermetallic compound layer and the aluminum coating layer are provided on the surface of the base steel sheet in order from the base steel sheet, in which in a first direction which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the steel sheet and is directed from the first coated portion to one end edge of the steel sheet, the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, the second coated portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, and wherein at least the first coated portion, the first exposed portion, and the end edge of the steel sheet are disposed in this order on the other surface of the base steel sheet in the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Masanori YASUYAMA, Yujiro TATSUMI, Tasuku ZENIYA, Hiroshi FUKUCHI, Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Shintaro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10744832
    Abstract: A control arm includes a pair of mounting portions provided separately from each other and a main body portion extending in a X-direction and connecting the pair of mounting portions. At a cross-section perpendicular to the X-direction at a position along the X-direction, the main body portion includes: a first V-shaped member having a first apex and opening from the first apex in a V-shape toward one side in a Y-direction, and a second V-shaped member having a second apex and opening from the second apex in a V-shape toward the other side in the Y-direction. At the cross-section, the first apex and the second apex are joined. At a cross-section perpendicular to the X-direction at the center position of the main body portion in the X-direction, an opening angle of the first V-shaped member and an opening angle of the second V-shaped member are each no more than 150°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro Tatsumi, Kenichiro Otsuka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Masanori Yasuyama, Hitoshi Sakuma, Ayaka Musha
  • Patent number: 10427245
    Abstract: A method of production of a welded structure by butt welding two steel sheets (51, 52) by laser welding (11) while supplying assist gas (12) to a back surface of a melt pool (13), whereby it is possible to prevent formation of a through hole in the melt part (53), characterized in that a thickness of at least one steel sheet (52) of the two steel sheets (51, 52) is 0.6 mm or less, the assist gas (12) is a mixed gas (12) containing 10 to 50 vol % of O2 gas, and, when an O2 concentration in the mixed gas (12) is C (vol %), a flow rate L of mixed gas (12) (liter/min) satisfies 30 (liter/min)?C(vol %)×1 (liter/min/vol %)?L (liter/min)<40 (liter/min).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro Tatsumi, Hiroki Fujimoto, Masanori Yasuyama
  • Publication number: 20180354328
    Abstract: A control arm includes a pair of mounting portions provided separately from each other and a main body portion extending in a X-direction and connecting the pair of mounting portions. At a cross-section perpendicular to the X-direction at a position along the X-direction, the main body portion includes: a first V-shaped member having a first apex and opening from the first apex in a V-shape toward one side in a Y-direction, and a second V-shaped member having a second apex and opening from the second apex in a V-shape toward the other side in the Y-direction. At the cross-section, the first apex and the second apex are joined. At a cross-section perpendicular to the X-direction at the center position of the main body portion in the X-direction, an opening angle of the first V-shaped member and an opening angle of the second V-shaped member are each no more than 150°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yujiro TATSUMI, Kenichiro OTSUKA, Yoshiaki MAKAZAWA, Masanori YASUYAMA, Hitoshi SAKUMA, Ayaka MUSHA
  • Publication number: 20180257160
    Abstract: A welding method for obtaining a lap fillet welded joint excellent in tensile strength, without causing an increase in welding deformation, not fracturing at the weld metal when a tensile load is applied, that is, a method of overlaying at least scheduled welding locations of a first steel sheet with a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and a second steel sheet and fillet welding an end part of the first steel sheet and a surface of the second steel sheet, characterized by providing a reinforcing part at a surface of the first steel sheet at the opposite side to the surface to be overlaid with the second steel sheet and fillet welding one end part of the reinforcing material and the surface of the first steel sheet and by fillet welding the end part of the reinforcing part, the end part of the first steel sheet, and the surface of the second steel sheet so as to be covered by the weld metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro TATSUMI, Yasunobu MIYAZAKI, Shinji KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20180207751
    Abstract: A fillet arc welded joint formed by fillet arc welding at least two metal members, comprising a remelted and solidified portion obtained by irradiating a laser at a weld toe portion of the fillet arc welding of at least one metal member and a region including a boundary of the heat affected zone caused by the fillet arc welding at the surface of that metal member, the remelted and solidified portion being a range from a surface of the metal member to a depth of ½ or less of the thickness of that metal member, an average effective crystal grain diameter of prior austenite at a heat affected zone from a boundary of the remelted and solidified portion at the surface of the metal member to a depth of 0.1 mm in the thickness direction of the metal member being 20 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji KODAMA, Yujiro TATSUMI, Shoko OAMI, Yasuaki NAITO
  • Publication number: 20170072508
    Abstract: A method of production of a welded structure by butt welding two steel sheets (51, 52) by laser welding (11) while supplying assist gas (12) to a back surface of a melt pool (13), whereby it is possible to prevent formation of a through hole in the melt part (53), characterized in that a thickness of at least one steel sheet (52) of the two steel sheets (51, 52) is 0.6 mm or less, the assist gas (12) is a mixed gas (12) containing 10 to 50 vol % of O2 gas, and, when an O2 concentration in the mixed gas (12) is C (vol %), a flow rate L of mixed gas (12) (liter/min) satisfies 30 (liter/min)?C(vol %)×1 (liter/min/vol %)?L (liter/min)<40 (liter/min).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yujiro TATSUMI, Hiroki FUJIMOTO, Masanori YASUYAMA